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Summary Of The Chapter 'What Sally Said'

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In the chapter “What Sally Said”, it discusses the abuse that Sally faces from her father. Sally’s father’s abuses her and Esperanza is commenting on her. Esperanza is sympathetic towards Sally, this is evident in the line “Sally was going to get permission to stay with us for a little and one Thursday she came finally with a sack full of clothes” (Page 93). The keyword to reveal Esperanza’s tone of sympathy is the word “finally”, a reader could detect the hopefulness in that sentence based on one word. The tone Esperanza is conveying toward Sally about the violence she suffers from is critical and sympathetic. This tone conveys her attitude towards abuse because the reader can detect she does not tolerate it and she is relieved Sally is seeking

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